The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1887-08-11
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An Unpleasant sea Monsts- witch tales
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An Unpleasant Sea Monste- whi.h taIests
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| 'Do Won see that sh0 thlct-set man
sit inE on fhe boa o. ssked a i0udgar {
San Pei 10 Stu Francisco CH ,.orre.
spondeuL "Wsll, he is an y. p ,url diver,
4 .mugglrr, eN-.v 'rythiug. aud can tell
some strange stories u this part Of the
world"
A itls later was introduced 70 the
diver, who was q hqlf-hre ID MrxIcan. He
laughed When his experiences we're re-
ferred 10, tnd reptile 10 They we're moth.
i7g. 1 have LET. he business. and have
done with IL for good or bad. lisa dogs
life, this diving. rud would not 20 back
" II fer snv thing vou could offer. WHIT
WslL IN tired Of H. aud was covered
with blanket iish on ny last trip down.
and the second time means death. Am
sur - And the half-breed smiled.
''Wel, I nrver knew Il 10 fail There
we're r mo 3. y rra, Ntloas, al from
nv family, killed bT the blanket fish, and
every one hro his warning. II is not
necessary 70 believe IL dc, however.
II Is not thing q man would be likely TO
for-et
i have seen good many Of them In nv
time, but ] was never coruered except
once, and that vas a year aga vas one
Of the party ihs' went 70 the pearl
Frounis in the Ceutinede, the boat that
was never heard OF after her uext cruise.
II came my turn 10 90 down, and over
we q bot as s1on as got down felt
that scmeihing WIS Wro g-that some
thing was going 70 happen as soon az
struck the bottom. IL nded amonFah1e
lot OF pearl Shells q had begun 70 d Il
ny basket when II at once noticed a
darkeni1E about me, aud looked IN.
saw what ape rcd 70 be q blanket slow.
~ settling down over ne I kaewI had
chance, 50 ! crowded dowa elase 10 the
bottom hoping the ash wouldn't see ne.
ard By lick Il diig'L Just as II was ten
or w I've feet q something rlarmed It,
ard Hdrifted away. / vTss hauie up more
dead than alive. ] judged that the q h
was AZ least thirty feet se-oss, and Il Il
hae settled on me nothing coull have
save me"
''lh's blanket fist" said an American
later on, IS nothing more nor less than
DIG ray-ths raaid diab0iis OF science, ant
these yarns, though foun led on fact, are
3 good deal ovsrirawu. though am viii
Ing 70 confess that I have been as badlF
scared as the Mexican you speak Of i,
was u this ways Some time ago I wns
down the coast on q trip, and one evenins
saw what supposed 10 be . shark sail
l'g atout near the vessel Wlshins -
have a9me sport ] put Out the small boat
nnd taxing two OF three men. pulled over
. II Ait came By put q harpoon Inte
". The next moment there arose from
the wafer q ray Tat must have been
twenty-five feet across AZ least. Il locked
as big az q house, and as soon a. II
showed up ny men screamed outs sThs
blanket hshF They were Msxioaps. nnf
hall scared 20 death A moment later ~
were rushing over The water faster thsr
] ever went hef3rs or since The ast
took us up the little bay, then tuned ana
came down toward the schooner.
going hks q steam engine We piled
up IN the stern 70 keep her iron
sinEng Just as We got Opposite the
schooner the ash drove right under her.
aoout am dshlp, Before We could make
q move 70 cast % we struck the sckoou.
e 10 make ongstory short, We found
ourselves In the weter alongs de. The
rope had broken, and the blanket ash
vas Enne- The force Of the contact had
smashsi the cutWatsr Of The bost An
pieces
''Thedivers have en- idss that these a.h
settie down on yo1, ~ they have q vsrV
broad surface and q peculiar cndulstina
motion u the water, using the side Ans |
Lie wings They are almost a. powerful |
- large whale and ore tWsaty-aVs |
ieet across could undoubtedIy move o. /
Win large ship IN almost every local
~ where they are found stories are told
o. tneir carrying q vessels Several IN
stancea q this have happened IL the Gulf /
q Mexico where dsvil.hsh, as they are /
called thsre, hava run on with srsel1
and snail fishing vessels during H.
hight IN eas Instance q skipper turned
n' - niEka n barber. and awoss IL
ise morniaE % ead hiusslf cut 81 sirht
. iandt Big devilhsh had run foui a
ne sncnof ard gone cut Of tha ehannrf
= siisltly that sons e tie ersw nsrsos